In This Issue

Front entrance of public library in Logan, Utah.

Few citizens of this nation are unlikely to have been touched in one way or another by the tenth anniversary ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during the week of Veterans Day 1992 Wars affect society profoundly and leave an indelible mark on history Utah experienced two wars in its territorial period, neither of which could be compared with Vietnam in scale but both of which present haunting similarities nevertheless One of these conflicts—the Black Hawk War—is examined in our first article. With its focus on tactics, it lays bare the reasons why small bands of Utes with no apparent logistical base could inflict so much damage on the white community for so long.

The next article deals with conflict of a different sort—political conflict Concentrating as it does on Parley P Christensen, a Republican turned-Progressive, it too is eminently timely The careful reader will draw any number of generalizations from it not only about the pluralistic legacy of Utah's politics but also about the meaning and viability of third-party movements in the electoral process.

The final two articles brush us past the educational communities in Utah. One looks at an unforgettable personality who devoted a lifetime of boundless energy and good humor to teaching and library service. The other surveys the origin and evolution of the state's oldest Greek-letter college fraternity. Anyone who has ever been scintillated by the learning experience should delight in the images, evocations, and pleasing memories these selections will call forth.